Peacebuilding

Responding to Russia’s Call for a Christmas Truce

Representing over 1200 US faith communities, sponsors of the Christmas Truce in Ukraine petition respond FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | gro.asurofobfsctd-156068@leira | 510-599-5330 Bill McGarvey | moc.aidem-gcmobfsctd-1d6ed9@llib | 201-725-4202 On the eve of the Orthodox celebration of Christmas

January 5, 2023 No Comments

Final version Jan. 15 MLK Webinar Graphic

Reimagining King’s Vision – The Fierce Urgency of Now

From Ukraine to Uvalde, the crises of militarism, materialism and racism today Exactly one year before he was murdered, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave an historic sermon at New York’s Riverside Church on the profound connection between US

January 3, 2023 No Comments

Jesse Jackson, Bishop Barber, & Over 1,000 More: Faith Leaders Call for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | Fellowship of Reconciliation | (510) 599-5330 | gro.asurofobfsctd-89aaee@dlogleiraBill McGarvey | (201) 725-4202 | moc.aidem-gcmobfsctd-8405e3@llib Jesse Jackson, Bishop Barber, & Over 1,000 More: Faith Leaders Call for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine The effort

December 13, 2022 No Comments

Oldest Interfaith Organization in the US Affirms Solidarity with the LGBTQ+ Community in the Wake of Deadly Attack in Colorado

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ariel Gold | FOR-USA executive director | gro.asurofobfsctd-4b9aa1@dlogleira | 510 599 5330 Sunday, November 20, 2022 – In the wake of a mass shooting at the Club Q nightclub in Colorado, the oldest interfaith peace and

November 20, 2022 No Comments

Faith Leaders and Organizations Call for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine

SIGN ON STATEMENT: As people of faith and conscience, believing in the sanctity of all life on this planet, we call for a Christmas Truce in Ukraine. In the spirit of the truce that occurred in 1914 during the First

November 14, 2022 No Comments

FOR Peaceful Coexistence houses of worship drawing

World Religious Leaders Travel in Emergency Just Peace Mission to Pray in Kyiv

WARSAW, POLAND– A high-level delegation of religious leaders will travel to Kyiv in an emergency intervention seeking to contribute to ending aggression against Ukraine, the bombing of Ukrainian cities, and to pray for a just peace. The leaders will meet

May 23, 2022 No Comments

Wink

Awarded to divinity students or emerging leaders focused on nonviolence or whose work creates change and challenges power, the Walter Wink and June Keener Wink Fellowship honors the life and legacy of FOR member Walter Wink (1935-2012) and the ongoing

February 27, 2022 2 Comments

FOR – USA Statement on Ukraine

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said about the crisis in Ukraine on February 14th “The price in human suffering, destruction and damage to European and global security is too high to contemplate. And yet, contemplate it we must, as this terrifying prospect demands an immediate commitment to de-escalation and a negotiated end to the political conflict.

February 24, 2022 2 Comments

Q&A with Sarah DeBolt Badawi: the educator behind the MLK Comic Book Study Guide

What stood out to you about the Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story comic book when you first encountered it? The first thing that I couldn’t get over when I learned about the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) comic book

February 2, 2022 No Comments

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